研究領域包括公共經濟學、發展經濟學、套用個體經濟學。主持過國家自科基金青年項目和面上項目,以及清華大學自助的科研項目。在Games and Economics Behavior、Journal of Development Economics、Journal of Economic Perspectives、Journal of Comparative Economics、Economic Development and Cultural Change、China Quarterly等國際期刊和《經濟研究》《中國社會科學》《經濟學季刊》《世界經濟》《金融研究》《清華大學學報(哲學社會科學版)》《經濟學報》等國內期刊發表過學術論文。
“Railways and the Local Economy: Evidence from Qingzang Railway,”(with Yang Wang) Economic Development and Cultural Change, forthcoming
“College Admissions Mechanism and Matching Quality: An Empirical Study in China,”(with Xiaohan Zhong), Games and Economics Behavior, 2014.
“Unequal Access to College in China: How Far Have Poor, Rural Students Been Left Behind?” (with HongbinLi,PrashantLoyalka,ScottRozelle,JieyuXie),China Quarterly, forthcoming.
“Health Insurance, Trust, and Precautionary Saving: Evidence from New Cooperative Medical Scheme,” (with Chong-En Bai),Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013.
“Poverty in China’s Colleges and the Targeting of Financial Aid,” (With Hongbin Li, Lingsheng Meng, Xinzheng Shi),China Quarterly, 2013: 1-23.
“The End of Cheap Chinese Labor,” (with Hongbin Li, Lei Li, Yanyan Xiong),Journal of Economic Perspectives,26 (4), pp. 57-74, 2012.
“Does Having a Cadre-Parent Pay? Evidence from the First Job offers of Chinese College Graduates,” (With Hongbin Li, Lingsheng Meng, Xinzheng Shi),Journal of Development Economics,99, pp. 513–520, 2012.
“Does Attending Elite colleges Pay in China,” (With Hongbin Li, Lingsheng Meng, Xinzheng Shi),Journal of Comparative Economics, 40, pp.78-88, 2012.
“Income Inequality, Consumption, and Social-Status Seeking,” (with Ye Jin, Hongbin Li)Journal of Comparative Economics,39, pp.191-204, 2011.This paper won the 4th McKinsey China Economics Award(獲得麥肯錫第4屆中國經濟學獎).
“Social Insurance and Household Consumption in China,”(With Chong-En Bai), in Masahiko Aoki (Eds.) "Approaches to the Evolving World Economy: The proceedings of the 16-th World Congress of the International Economic Association." Palgrave-Macmillan, 2012.
“Saving Rates of Urban Households in China,”(with Agar Brugiavini, Guglielmo Weber), in Gomel, G.; Marconi, D.; Musu, I.; Quintieri, B. (Eds.)“The Chinese Economy: Recent Trends and Policy Issues,”Springer, 2013. 遲巍,吳斌珍,錢曉燁,梁琦合著,《我國城鎮親職教育支出研究》,清華大學出版社,2012